Avian assemblage structure and domestic cat densities in urban environments

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 387-399

  Sims, Victoria ^a   Evans, Karl L ^a   Newson, Stuart E ^b   Tratalos, Jamie A ^a,c   Gaston, Kevin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birds; Corvids; Domestic cats; Population density; Predation; Species richness; Urban

Indexed keywords

FELID; PASSERINE; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBAN AREA; VULNERABILITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES; CORVIDA; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 38849148506     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2007.00444.x     Document Type: Article

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